Car



W. F. BATHO.

CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.1919.

Patented J une 1, i920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- W. F. BATHO.

CAR.

APPucATloN man JULY 3,1919.

Patented June 1, 1920.

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WILLIAM E. BATHO, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNOE. 'ro EN'rEnrnIsE RAILWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANY, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. L

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BATIIO, a citizen of United Sta-tes residing at Chicago, in the county of (oook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication. i 4

My invention relates to improvements in cars.V

One object of my invention is. to provide a hopper for grain cars and the like adapted for the ready discharge of cargo. Another object is to provide a hopper ldoor of asimle and eflicient type and provided with safe oor operating means. Other object s will appear from the description of the invention hereinafter following.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a ross section of a portion of a car showing a structure illustrating my invention attached thereto: Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a hopper of said car. Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 with the hopper door and certain parts associated therewith in plan view.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the center sills of a car; 11 a side sill adapted to support the superstructure of the car not shown, as will be readily understood and to which the hopper sheets are secured. An Outer inwardly and downwardly inclined hopper sheet is indicated by the numeral 12 and an inner outwardly, and downwardly inclined hopper sheet is indicated bythe numeral 13. It will be understood that associated with these hopper sheets are the end hopper sheets 14 and 15 indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings which, togetherA with the side hopper sheets mentioned, form a hopper in the bottom of the car body. In practice, a plurality of these hoppers would be lemployed, preferably arranged in pairs oppositely disposed with reference to the center sills of the car.

In continuing the description of one hopper, it will be observed that the said side and end hopper sheets form at the. bottom a rectangular opening, preferably substantially square and that thus commercial liat plates may be employed in making the hopper structure thus far described. To the Specification of Letters Patent. Application led July 8, 14919.V Serial No. 308,636.

Patented J une 1, 1920.

,- parallel with the outer hopper sheet `12 and its inner wall 19 substantially at right angles to the inner hopper sheet 13, thus turning the lower opening of the chute inwardly, with reference' to the'car. The chute at its upper end is provided with suitable iianges 20 by means of which it is securely attached to the lower ends of the hopper sheets by rivets 2l. The open lower end of the chute 18 is adapted to be closed by a chute door 22 which is preferably of circular shape and conforms to the opening in which it is mounted, said door being pivoted within the ,chute preferably by means of a shaft 23 passing through the opening 24 provided in said door` and extending at its ends through the walls of the chute. The said shaft is suitably ixed within the door 'so as to require the swinging of the door on turning .of tHe shaft, theshaft being associated with operating means hereinafter described.

The interior of the chute is interiorly provided on one side, as for instance the upper side, with a shoulder 25 against which the edge of the door is adapted to jam, to limit its outward swinging movement upon one side of the shaft and is also interiorly provided on the opposite side with a shoulder or lug 26 against which the adjacent edge ofthe door is adapted to jamto limit the inward swinging movement of the door upon this side of the shaft. The side shoulders are indicated by the dotted lines 27 in Fig. 3 v

of the drawings and are adapted, together v'with the proper fitting :of the door within the chute, to form a tight closure -for the opening thereof.

The' operating mechanism for the chute ldoor comprises a lever 28 pivoted to the car,

preferably by means of the pin 29 engaging the inner end 30 of said lever tothe bracket 31 which is secured as for instance, by the rivets 32', to the outer hopper sheet 12. It further comprises a link 33 pivoted tothe lever intermediate its ends by a pin 34 and pivotally secured at its other end by the pin 36 to the crank 35 which is attached to the shaft- 23. l

In Fig. 1 of the drawings a further ho per:

37 is partially shown on the opposite si e of the car from that of the hopper hereinbefore described, and of the same construction. To the crank 38, secured to the door shalft 39 a link 40 is attached by means of a pivotal connection, the said link 40 at its other end being pivotally connected to the .llnk 33 through the pin 36, thus transmltting any motion imparted to one door` through the operatin mechanism to the other door as well. T e link 40 is provided with a turn buckle 140 by means of which the said lmk can be adjusted to a suitable length to cause the simultaneous full closure and opening of the chute doors. It will be understood that the shafts passing through the door may be extended longitudinally of the car to other similar chute doors thereon, so that if desired all chute,doors upon a car, of whatever number, can be operated by a single operating lever. The lever 28 1s adapted to be locked to the car by 'means of a clasp 41 secured to the outer hopper sheet 12, 'and a pin 42 having a chain 43 attached, thereto, to prevent accidental loss of the pin. The said pin is adapted to hold the lever 28 locked withinwthe clasp. The opening of the chute doors is eil'ected by the removal of the lever 28 from its clasp and the forcing of the same downwardly, thus actuating the link 33 inwardly and through the crank 35 opening one chute door and through the action of the link 40 opening the other chute door, thus permitting the discharge of the cargo through the hopper and the -chutes at the bottom thereof. he said lever, links, cranks, and doors, upon full opening of the doors assume the positions indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. To close the chute doors the lever 28 is returned to its locked position within the clasp 41.

I claim: V

1. In a car adapted for the carrying of grain and the like, in combination: a lpair of oppositely arranged hoppers, chutes extended from said hoppers, a door for each of said chutes, an operatingshaft for each of said doors, a crank arm on each of said shafts, an operating lever pivotally connected to the car, a llnk pivotally connected to said lever and to one of said crankl arms, and a further link connecting the two crank arms.

2; In a car adapted for the carrying of grain and the like, in combination: a pair of oppositely disposed ho pers, a rotatable closure member in each o said hoppers, an operating shaft for each of said closure members, a crank arm upon each of said shafts, an operating lever pivotally secured to the car, a link pivotally connected to said lever and to one of said crank arms, and a further link connecting the' crank arms to each other. Y

3. In a car adapted for the carrying of grain and the like, in combination: a pair of oppositely disposed hoppers, a rotatable closure member in each of said hoppers, an operating shaft for each of said closure members, a crank arm upon each of said shafts, an operating lever pivotally secured to the car, a link pivotally connected to said lever and to one of said'crank arms, and a further link connecting the crank arms to each other, said last mentioned link being provided with link adjusting means.

4. In a car adapted :for the carrying of grain and the like, in combination: a pair of oppositely disposed ho pers, a rotatable closure member in each o said ho pers, an operating shaft for each of sai closure members, a/crank arm upon each of said shafts, an operating lever pivotally secured to the car, a link pivotally connected to said lever and to one of said crank arms, and a further link connecting the crank arms to. each other, said last mentioned linkfbeing provided with a turn buckle to adjust itslength.

5. In a car adapted yfor the carrying of grain and the like, in combination: a pairv of oppositely disposed ho pers, a rotatable closure member'in each o said ho pers, an operating shaft for each of -sai closure members, a crank arm upon Veach of said shafts, an operating lever pivotally secured to the car, a link pivota ly connected to said lever and to one of said crank arms, and a further link connecting the crank arms to each other, the first mentioned link being pivoted to the lever intermediate the ends of the lever.

.6. In a car adapted for the carrying of lgrain and the like and having hoppers on opposite sides of the center sill, the combination with discharge chutes extended from said hoppers, of doors for said chutes, a lever pivoted to one of said hoppers, a crank arm operatively connected with each door, a link pivotally connected to the lever and to one of said crank arms, an extensible link connecting the crank arms and means for locking said leverwhen the doors are in closed position.

7. In a car adapted for the carrying of grain and the like, in combination: hoppers on the opposite sides of the center sill, a cast discharge chute for each' of said hoppers, a door for each chute and operative means for said doors, each hopper comprising outer, inner and end hopper sheets, forming a rectangular discharge opening, the discharge chute surrounding said opening and having a substantially circular discharge end, the door therein being mounted upon an operating shaft, the operating means for said doors comprising a crank arm for each of said shafts, connections between said crank arms, a lever, and a link connection between said lever and one of said crank arms.

8. In a car adapted for the carrying ofv grain and the like, in combination: hoppers having chutes arranged in pairs `Vwith the discharge openings of the chutes facing each other, doors for the .openings of said chutes pivotally mounted on axes extending across the chute openings, and means for operating said doors in opposed pairs simultaneously.

9. In a car adapted for the carrying of grain and the like, the combination with a pair of hoppers having discharge openings disposed in alinement and adapted to discharge the grain or other material toward cach other, said openings being substantially circular, of pivotally mounted circular doors for said openings, means forming a grain seal between each door and coper-` ating door frame, and means for simultaneously operating said doors in pairs.

10. Ina car adapted ,for the carrying of grain and the like, in combination: hoppers having chutes arranged in pairs with the discharge openings of the chutes Jfacing toward each other; doors for the openings of said chutes pivotally mounted on axes extending transversely across the centers of the chute openings; and means for operating said doors to swing about their respective axes and thereby permit discharge through said openings. 1

11. In a car adapted for the carrying of grain and the like, a hopper in the vbottom thereof, said hopper being formed by iat metal sheets convergingly inclined and the lower edges of which terminate in a horizontal plane and dene a discharge end of non-'circular outline, a c ast chute having its upper portion ofthe same non-circular form as said discharge end of the hopper and united thereto so that the chute forms a continuation of the hopper, said chute having a circular lower discharge opening, the plane of which is at an angle to the plane defined by said discharge end of non-circular outline, a closure for said discharge opening of the chute, and means for operating said closure.

12. In a car adapted for the carrying of grain and the like, a hopper in the bottom thereof, said hopper being formed by flat metal sheets convergingly inclined and the lower edges of which define a discharge end of non-circular outline, a cast chute having its upper portion of the same non-circular form as said discharge end of the hopper and united thereto so that the chute forms a continuation of the hopper, said chute having a circular lower discharge opening, a closure for saidv discharge opening of the chute, and means for operating said closure, said closure being pivotally mounted on the chute about an axis extending transy versely off the discharge opening thereof and the interior of the chute being provided with stop shoulders to limit the movements of the closure when operated to close the discharge opening. p

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribedmy name this 12th day of June, 1919.

WILLIAM F. BATHO. 

